Cal F.C. loses to Sounders, 5-0, in Open Cup

The three-time defending champion met the team that had played three games together. A predictable outcome followed. But not before Cal F.C. made sure one last Major League Soccer club took notice.

The Sounders' Mauro Rosales (left) and Cal F.C.'s Danny Barrera, a Westlake High graduate, fight for the ball in the first half of a U.S. Open Cup fourth-round match Tuesday in Tukwila, Wash.

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Cal F.C.'s Danny Barrera (left), a Westlake High graduate, cuts off the Sounders' Osvaldo Alonso during Tuesday night's fourth-round match of the U.S. Open Cup at Tukwila, Wash.

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Cal F.C. goalie Derby Carillo leaps between Hector Espinosa (left) and Seattle's Fredy Montero in the first half of Tuesday's fourth-round match of the U.S. Open Cup in Tukwila, Wash.

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The Sounders' Sammy Ochoa (left) comes up with the ball as Cal F.C.'s Danny Barrera, a Westlake High graduate, tumbles behind in the first half of a U.S. Open Cup fourth-round match Tuesday in Tukwila, Wash.